The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has officially charged a former high-ranking official of the State Tax Service in the Dnipropetrovsk region for illegally seizing a service apartment valued at nearly 3 million UAH (approx. $73,000). According to investigators, the suspect used forged documents to privatize the state-owned property after her dismissal, subsequently transferring ownership to her daughter.
Law enforcement established that the former tax official lost her right to occupy the service housing immediately upon leaving public office. Instead of returning the property to the state as required by law, she fabricated official documentation to register the apartment under her own name.
Immediately following the fraudulent state registration, the suspect executed a deed of gift. Through this legal maneuver, she swiftly transferred the real estate asset to her daughter to obscure the illicit origin of the property.
«Due to these actions, the apartment, which was under the management of the State Tax Service, was illegally removed from state ownership. The total financial damage caused to the state amounts to nearly 2.9 million UAH,» the SBI statement reads.
The former civil servant has been formally served with a notice of suspicion under two distinct sections of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
Part 4, Article 358 — Use of a knowingly forged document.
Part 5, Article 190 — Fraudulent misappropriation of property on an especially large scale.
The investigation is ongoing, with prosecutors currently moving to secure a restrictive measure against the suspect and initiate asset recovery procedures to return the real estate to public ownership. If convicted, the former official faces a maximum penalty of up to 12 years in prison along with the confiscation of property.